PHOENIX -- David Stearns was an active seller at his first non-waiver Trade Deadline. Will the same be true in year No. 2?
Stearns traded Jonathan Lucroy and Jeremy Jeffress to Texas, Will Smith to San Francisco and Aaron Hill to Boston in the run-up to last year's Deadline -- all deals that swapped established players for Minor League prospects. Part of the haul was the Brewers' new No. 1 prospect, Lewis Brinson, who came in the Texas trade.
As Milwaukee's rebuild rolls on, there are fewer established assets to sell.